From left: Blaine Wetzel, Sam Gelman, Greg Barr. All three Iowa City natives have gone on to become chefs at some of the most prestigious restaurants in the world.

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Alesha L. Crews
| Iowa City Press-Citizen

If at first you don't succeed, you're supposed to try and try again. And that's exactly what Kevin Hanick did.

Once he learned that three Iowa City natives had gone on to become chefs at some of the world's most prestigious restaurants, he made it his mission to bring the chefs together to prepare an epic meal in their former home.

And on his third attempt, after three years of coordinating the chefs' bustling schedules, he succeeded. ...